Athol Road primary’s green drive
Pupils Tim and John of Athol Road Primary School in Springvale South are given a hand by Patterson Cheney Toyota detailer Sudantha Laksiri...
‘Time to learn’ about the truth of Vietnam conflict
By MICHAEL ELY
VIVIENNE Nguyen rolled her eyes and tried her best not to listen whenever her father mentioned the war.
The daughter of an interpreter...
Top bids
HARRY Li and Michael Choi, of McDonald Real Estate's Springvale and Aspendale Gardens offices respectively, have been judged among the state's best five auctioneers.
Both...
Sharing a gift of love
By DANIEL TRAN
IN the last few seconds of her life, Michelle Parker looked her father, mother and husband in the eye and told them...
Builder’s solid contribution
By Marg Stork
RETIRED Dandenong builder Piet 'Peter' Mettes died as he would have wished: among friends at the Green Table billiards club in Dandenong...
Edna to make it a century, plus one
By MARG STORK
THERE was an air of excitement and anticipation at Darvall Lodge nursing home in Noble Park this week as residents and...
Feral cat warnings after teacher bitten
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A NOBLE Park Primary School teacher was hospitalised after trying to contain a feral cat in a classroom.
To add salt to the...
Ruffled over pigeons
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
PIGEONS and their droppings have got shoppers and traders at a Doveton shopping strip in a flutter.
Regulars at the Autumn Place shopping...
Catching on quick time
A COMPUTER and the internet is opening horizons for Doveton mother Suzzane Calgaret and her daughter Laquita.
They were one of 40 indigenous families...
Staff cuts faulted in nursing home death
By DAVID SCHOUT
A NOBLE PARK nursing home had been trialling staff cuts at the time a resident died on Black Saturday, the coroner has...
Number’s up for drivers dodging fines
By DANIEL TRAN
WHAT DO YOU THINKG about search-and-clamp operations in car parks? Scroll to the bottom to post a comment.
THE Victorian Sheriff's office has...
Sending out a message on modern slavery
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
YOU have a choice, anti human-trafficking campaigner David Cross says.
You can put your money towards ending the burgeoning sex-slave trade in Thailand...
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Hoekstra heroics help Swans home in last ball thriller out west
Emerging Casey South Melbourne star Harry Hoesktra produced a fine all-round performance to guide the Swans home in a thrilling final ball win over...
